Germans Revoke US Permission to Spy on Them

The growing public outrage against US surveillance worldwide has forced the German government to admit to a secret Cold War-era treaty that allowed US and British spies to conduct essentially unlimited surveillance operations on German soil.

The treaty was forced onto West Germany as conditional for NATO support in the 1960s, and had been kept carefully secret from the German public, which in the wake of WW2 was extremely sensitive about being spied on by the government.

US and British officials confirmed the authenticity of the pact and its revocation. Britain claimed that they haven’t used it to spy in Germany since 1990. The US would only confirm that they received notice that it was revoked and would provide no additional details, suggesting they don’t intend to change their surveillance policy as a result.

Author: Jason Ditz

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The World War One was for dominating the world by industrialized countries, the second world wars started because the first was not finished and Hitler thought he be able to finish it by dominating the world economy. Third World War involves NATO, USA militarism, the Saudis, the UAE and their barbarians scattered all over the world, here, the only thing is changed is that the idea in Neo fascism taking over and they have some expensive attorneys in their pocket that can find about "The treaty was forced onto West Germany as conditional for NATO support in the 1960s, and had been kept carefully secret from the German public, which in the wake of WW2 was extremely sensitive about being spied on by the government" and continue to spy on the world. Meanwhile democracy, its functionality sacrificed and as the have proved by their acts, to hell with democracy and functions of it, who needs it when you can spy on people.

It is time for the European people to demand for US militarism out of Europe.

I wonder how much longer the USG's position of Edward Snowden as traitor can continue when much of the world and a majority of Americans consider him to be whistleblower, not a criminal. Of course, that is based on an assumption on my part that the USG is actually interested in what the American people, and the rest of the world thinks. That may be a weak part of my assumption.

It's one of many perfectly clear current examples of the anti-democratic USG. It is our responsibility to pardon Snowden, because the gov won't. They are trying to dominate the world, which is why the person in charge of Abu Graib while the atrocities were committed was fined 8 thousand dollars and given no jail time, while Bradley Manning is facing 136 year prison sentence for exposing such crimes.

We need to get it together and take responsibility because this country is a disgrace when left to autocrat power mongers in government.